New York Street Food

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Last week when we were in L.A., the Rhong-Tiam Supreme Burger Truck hit the street. Roberto B, a NYSF reader and avid foodie, agreed to check out the truck for us, and sent in this very descriptive Guest Post. Thanks Roberto.

Now that we’re back in town, we had to check it our ourself.

Heading down to the Flatiron District yesterday, there was a short-lived threat of rain around lunchtime, and it was pretty quiet at the truck. That sucked for the truck, but did give us a chance to talk to the owner and chef Andy Yang.

Andy told us a bit about the food, as well as his plans for world domination. Just kidding about the world domination, but you’ll be seeing much more in the way of Rhong-Tiam trucks and carts very soon, with a variety of menus. We’ll tell you more about that later.

Everything on the menu looked interesting, so we decided to get the first thing on the list, General Tso’s Burger for $10.

After Roberto raved about the fries, we definitely wanted to check out an order, and there are 3 types. We got the Asian Invasion Fries for $4.

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We’ve been to the Comme Ci Comme Ca truck many times, and have enjoyed everything we’ve tried from Chef Samir.

One dish we have never tried is their Mogador Burger. It costs only $6, making it one of the less expensive food truck main courses around.

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Since we were in L.A. last week when the Rhong-Tiam Supreme Burger Truck hit the street, we asked Roberto B. to head down to the Flatiron District and check it out for us.

We think Roberto did a great job. After reading his review, let us know what you think. Take it away Roberto!

Rhong-Tiam is an all-natural burger truck with a Pan-Asian twist – the concept is compelling and the execution admirable.  I bicycled a couple miles over on a day when I knew my boss was watching the clock just to be among the first week’s customers and am without regret.

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Since we’ve been doing this gig for a while, the best way to get us to your food truck is to come out with new menu items.

That’s not necessarily easy for food trucks, who don’t have the space or equipment to have a lot of different items on the menu.

We’ve been to Frites ‘N’ Meats numerous times, but this week they came out with a new BOTW (Burger of the Week) that combines two of our favorite foods – burgers and Cuban sandwiches. It costs $8.50, as their BOTW usually does.

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There haven’t been a lot of food trucks in midtown lately. Many are providing free meals to those in the areas most affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Vendors who are helping those less fortunate are still taking occasional days in their regular Manhattan spots. We caught up with the Trusty Truck on one of those days in midtown.

Being spicy food lovers, we’ve wanted to try the Holy Chipotle durger, which cost $7.50. Remembering that we haven’t tried their regular fries, we also put in an order, which cost $2.50.

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